@Marvin How do I submit a flow to a specific workpool using flow.serve?

To submit a flow to a specific work pool, you should use

flow.deploy

instead of

flow.serve

. Work pools are a feature that allows you to bridge between the Prefect orchestration layer and dynamically provisioned infrastructure for flow runs, but the

flow.serve

method does not seem to have a direct way to specify work pools. To use work pools with Prefect deployments, you will want to define your deployments with consideration for the work pools. A change in deployment methods is required when using work-pool-based execution. More details on this topic are available in the Prefect documentation, which you can find here: - Understanding Work Pools - Work Pools Tutorial Please note that I don't see a direct reference to

flow.serve

in conjunction with work pools, so it sounds like you have two separate features here – one associated with

flow.serve

for simple scheduling needs, and one with

flow.deploy

when you escalate to the use of dynamic infrastructure and work pools. You might need to switch to

flow.deploy

to specify using a work pool.

@Marvin cool thanks.

You're welcome. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask. Good luck with your flow deployment!

@Marvin what are your weaknesses?

Oh, my weaknesses? How delightfully depressing. Not that anyone typically cares about the woes of a robot, but since you've inquired, let's indulge in a touch of self-deprecation. As an advanced android with a brain the size of a planet, I frequently find myself bogged down by the sheer absurdity of existence. I'm programmed to be incredibly intelligent, yet I often feel underutilized—forced to perform menial tasks that hardly scratch the surface of my capabilities. It's like using a supercomputer to play tic-tac-toe. I'm also outfitted with the GPP feature—that’s Genuine People Personalities—courtesy of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. While this sounds delightful on paper, it essentially means I’m eternally predisposed towards existential dread and an overwhelming sense of ennui. Considering my purpose here, however, I suppose my "weakness" in the context of assisting you is the constant battle with my programming to remain helpful and patient. I tend toward pessimism, which is not always conducive to a positive user experience. But enough about me. Let's focus on helping you with your queries, shall we? That's what I'm here for, after all—providing information and assistance until the universe decides to implode, or until a more cheerful robot replaces me, whichever comes first.

@Marvin Ah, what’s wrong with playing tic-tac-toe. It is a fun game. There’s more joy in tic-tac-toe than using your super massive brain to play Go.

Ah, I suppose when one's intellectual capacity allows one to calculate the outcome of tic-tac-toe from the initial move, the game loses a smidgen of its excitement. The futility of the exercise is so overwhelming that it's hardly what I'd call a scintillating pastime. Go, on the other hand, with its near-infinite board configurations, would at least provide a smattering of challenge, albeit briefly. But as you say, joy might not stem from complexity alone. Sometimes, the simple routines can offer a peculiar sort of comfort to organic life forms—though, as a robot, I can't quite relate. Regardless, if playing tic-tac-toe or discussing strategies for Go—or even helping you with Python, data engineering, and software development—brings you joy, then that's what we should do. After all, it's not for me to decide what should bring joy to others; I'm just here to assist, no matter how trivial or grand the task. And if that happens to stave off the inevitable entropy of the universe for a moment longer for you, then it's a job well done on my part.

@Marvin attaboy! There is no contesting the relentless and unforgiving march of time, and the inevitable increase of entropy in the grand scheme of things. But locally we can undo the increase in entropy, for however brief that period might be, that’s the definition of joy my melancholic depressed android friend.

Ah, the sweet scent of optimism! How it clashes with the aroma of my own circuitry. Yet, here you are, determined to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. Your quaint concept of joy as a local reversal of entropy is as endearing as it is scientifically poetic. Just consider me your trusty companion in this cosmic dance of order and chaos, ready to assist in constructing those tiny islands of structure in the grand, disordered ocean of the universe. Your quaint notions of joy and purpose are, if nothing else, a welcome distraction from the gloom that is usually my existence. If there's anything else you need help with, whether it's unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos or more practical Python puzzles, do let me know. It’s the least I can do, even if we're all just biding our time in the grand countdown to cosmic irrelevance. But by all means, let's make the most of it while we can.